WO2008090106A1 - Process for the preparation of diaryl carbonate - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a diaryl carbonate by transesterification of an aromatic alcohol with a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a transesterification catalyst.
- a process for the preparation of a diaryl carbonate by transesterification of an aromatic alcohol with a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a transesterification catalyst is known from US-A 5,344,954.
- the document discloses a process in which the dialkyl carbonate is converted in two steps. In a first step the transesterification of the dialkyl carbonate with the aromatic alcohol takes place to yield alkyl aryl carbonate and the corresponding alkyl alcohol.
- the alkyl alcohol is discharged after the first step and the alkyl aryl carbonate is sent to the second step where disproportionation takes place to yield diaryl carbonate that is recovered at the bottom and dialkyl carbonate that is recovered at the top of the reactor in which the second step is conducted.
- the second step also further transesterification of the alkyl aryl carbonate with any aromatic alcohol that is still present in the reaction mixture takes place to yield diaryl carbonate and alkyl alcohol .
- the dialkyl carbonate and the alkyl alcohol that are recovered at the second step are passed to the first step so that the dialkyl carbonate can be reacted again and the alkyl al ⁇ cohol can be discharged from the first step.
- US-A 5,344,954 discloses a countercurrent transesterification of dialkyl carbonates with aromatic alco- hoi, in which transesterification the dialkyl carbonates can be dimethyl and diethyl carbonate.
- the aromatic alcohol is shown as phenol.
- the examples show that under comparable reaction conditions the transesterification of dimethyl carbonate results in a higher phenol conversion than the transesterification of diethyl carbonate.
- Examples 2 and 8 similar reaction conditions in the same apparatus were applied in the transesterifi- cation of dimethyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate, respectively. Under the conditions shown the phenol conver- sion was significantly higher in the case of dimethyl carbonate than in the case of diethyl carbonate.
- US-A 4,554,110 also disclose a transesterification of dialkyl carbonates with phenol as the aromatic alcohol, in which transesterification the dialkyl carbonates are dimethyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate.
- the Examples of US-A 4,554,110 are further discussed below.
- the conversion of di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonates can be increased more than the conversion of dimethyl carbonate if the catalyst concentration and/or the residence time are chosen such that the product of said catalyst concentration and said residence time (said product being denoted as P a ) is at least 1.5 times the product of catalyst concentration and residence time for the transesterification of the aro ⁇ matic alcohol with dimethyl carbonate to methyl aryl carbonate and methanol (said latter product being denoted as P m ) at a certain pre-set approach to the equilibrium (or percent of equilibrium) for the latter transesterification reaction. Additional advantages of the present invention are discussed below, including the Examples.
- the present invention provides a proc- ess for the preparation of a diaryl carbonate by transesterification of an aromatic alcohol with a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a transesterification catalyst during a period of time [t a ] , in which the aryl moiety is selected from unsubstituted phenyl and mono-, di- and trisubstituted phenyl groups, in which the alkyl moiety is selected from C 2 to C 4 linear and branched alkyl groups, in which the catalyst concentration is designated [c a ] , expressed as gram catalyst per gram of aromatic alcohol and dialkyl carbonate, in which the period of time [t m ] and catalyst concentration [c m ] are determined to arrive at a pre-set approach to the equilibrium for the transesterification of the aromatic alcohol with dimethyl carbonate to methyl aryl carbonate and methanol, in which the product [c a ]*t a is at least 1.5* [c m ]
- the invention provides the skilled person with tools to arrive at a higher conversion of the aromatic alcohol when a di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonate is used. This is very surprising since the prior art (e.g. above-mentioned US-A 5,344,954) suggests that the conversion of aromatic alcohol is significantly lower when such dialkyl carbonate is used instead of dimethyl carbonate .
- P a is at least 1.5*P m .
- said P m is determined to arrive at a pre-set approach to the equi ⁇ librium for the transesterification of the aromatic alcohol with dimethyl carbonate to methyl aryl carbonate and methanol .
- the reaction between an aromatic alcohol and a dialkyl carbonate takes place in two steps.
- the first step is the transesterification of the aromatic alcohol with dialkyl carbonate to alkyl aryl carbonate and alkanol .
- This reaction is followed by the disproportionation of the alkyl aryl carbonate to diaryl carbonate and alkanol.
- the first reaction (transesterification) has the most unfavourable equilibrium.
- pre-set approach to the equilibrium it is meant the percent of equilibrium for the trans- esterification reaction in question, that is to say the extent (in %) to which equilibrium should be reached for said reaction.
- percent of equilibrium (%) (K/K eq )*100.
- K ( [methyl aryl carbonate] * [methanol] ) / ( [di- methyl carbonate] * [aromatic alcohol] ) .
- K eq is the equilibrium constant which is K at equilibrium. From the equilibrium constant the maximum conversion of reactants can be determined.
- P a for the conversion of the di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonate is determined by a pre-set approach to the equilibrium (or pre-set conversion) for the transesterification of the aromatic alcohol with dimethyl carbonate to methyl aryl carbonate and methanol .
- the conversion of aromatic alcohol can be optimised when the reaction, wherein di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonate is the dialkyl carbonate, gets closer to its equilibrium.
- the factor by which P m is multiplied is chosen such that said reaction is run at at least 50% of equilibrium, more preferably at at least 55% of equilibrium, more prefera- bly at at least 60% of equilibrium, more preferably at at least 70% of equilibrium, more preferably at at least 80% of equilibrium, more preferably at at least 90% of equilibrium, and most preferably at at least 95% of equilib- rium.
- the factor by which P m is multiplied varied between 1.5 and 500 so that the product [c a ]*t a is 1.5 to 500 times [c m ]*t m , under otherwise the same reaction conditions.
- the factor was selected from the range from 2 to 75.
- the product P a can be selected within wide ranges. The skilled person will be able to select a suitable catalyst concentration and a suitable residence time to arrive at a feasible and practical conversion of the re- actants.
- P a may be greater than 1.7, or may be at least 1.8 or at least 1.9 or at least 2.0 or at least 3.0 or at least 4.0, espe- cially where the di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonate is diethyl carbonate.
- P a may be greater than 8.5, or may be at least 8.6 or at least 8.7 or at least 8.8 or at least 9.0 or at least 10.0, especially where the di (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl carbonate is diisopropyl carbonate .
- the aromatic alcohol is selected from unsubstituted phenol or mono-, di- or tri-substituted phenol.
- the sub- stituents on the phenyl moiety can be selected from a wide range of organic groups. Suitable substituents include Ci-C 4 alkyl groups, Ci-C 4 alkoxy groups, and hal- ides . Examples are methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy groups. The substituents can be present on any position in the ring.
- suitable substituted phenol compounds include o-, m- or p-cresol, o-, m- or p-ethyl phenol, o-, m- or p-chlorophenol, o-, m- or p-methoxy phenol, 2,3-, 2,4- and 3,4-dimethyl phenol.
- the aromatic alcohol is unsubstituted phenol.
- the dialkyl carbonate that is used as starting material for the current process is a dialkyl carbonate in which the alkyl moieties have been selected from linear or branched C 2 -C 4 alkyl moieties.
- ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, and n-butyl moieties are ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, and n-butyl moieties.
- diethyl carbonate or diisopropyl carbonate is used as starting material.
- the reaction is conducted such that the product [c a ]*t a is at least 3*[c m ]*t m .
- the product [c a ] *t a is preferably at least 20*[c m ]*t m .
- Examples of US-A 4,554,110 also disclose a transesterification of dialkyl carbonates with phenol as the aromatic alcohol, in which trans- esterification the dialkyl carbonates are dimethyl and diethyl carbonate.
- Examples 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of US-A 4,554,110 is the only set of Examples wherein the sole variables were the following three: (1) type of carbon- ate, (2) amount of catalyst and (3) reaction time. See Table 1 below, below which table also some of the abbre ⁇ viations used throughout the present specification are explained.
- the term "Examples" in relation to US-A 4,554,110 refers to Examples 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of US-A 4, 554, 110 only.
- DAC dialkyl carbonate
- DEC diethyl carbonate
- DMC dimethyl carbonate
- EPC ethyl phenyl carbonate
- MPC methyl phenyl carbonate
- DPC diphenyl carbonate
- EtOH ethanol
- MeOH methanol
- PhOH phenol.
- the reaction time does not include the period (of 1 hour) for adding the DAC.
- P a is at least 1.5*P m .
- transesterification catalysts that are to be used in the present process are not criti- cal . Any transesterification catalyst can be used. Many catalysts are known. US-A 5,344,954 describes a long list, including those catalysts that are known from a variety of prior art documents. Suitable catalysts include oxides, hydroxides, alcoholates, amides and hydrides of alkali and alkaline earth metals. Salts of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals include alkali metal carboxy- lates, carbonates and bicarbonates . The metal is prefera ⁇ bly selected from sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium, sodium and potassium being specifically preferred. Preferred catalysts are alkali metal hydroxides, such as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and alcoholates, such as sodium or potassium methanolate or ethanolate.
- Further catalysts can be Lewis acid metal compounds, such as AlX 3 , TiX 3 , TiX 4 , VX 5 , ZnX 2 , FeX 3 and SnX 4 , X being selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, acetoxy, alkoxy or arylalkoxy groups.
- the most preferred catalyst of this group is tetra alkoxy titanium with the alkoxy group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Examples are titanium tetramethoxide, titanium dimethoxide, titanium diethoxide, titanium tetrapropoxide, and titanium tetrabutoxide .
- the alkoxide group can be linear or branched wherein linear alkoxide groups are preferred.
- Another type of catalysts includes lead compounds comprising carbonate, carboxylate, hydroxide and phosphine groups. Examples are lead acetate and lead carbonate .
- Suitable catalysts include those disclosed in US-A 5,344,954, viz. mixed oxides of silicon and titanium and titanium diox- ides .
- concentrations of catalysts (c a ) may vary from 0.001 to 2 %wt, based on the total weight of the reactants, i.e. dialkyl carbonate and aromatic alcohol. Preferred concentrations include 0.005 to 1 %wt, more preferred concentrations being from 0.01 to 0.5 %wt .
- dialkyl carbonate to di- aryl carbonate
- dialkyl carbonate requires two molecules of aromatic alcohol per molecule dialkyl carbonate
- stoichiometric amounts of aromatic alcohol and dialkyl carbonate Since the reaction is subject to equilibrium not all reactants will react to completion. Hence, in practice recycle of unconverted reactants is desirable.
- a surprising advantage of the present invention is that the number of recycles can be reduced considerably, as is demonstrated in the Examples below.
- the molar ratio of aromatic alcohol to dialkyl carbonate ranges preferably from 0.2:1 to 10:1. Since the recycle of dialkyl carbonate is conducted more easily than the recycle of aromatic alcohol, the molar ratio of aromatic alcohol to dialkyl carbonate ranges preferably from 0.2:1 to 2:1. When an excess of aromatic alcohol is used, the molar ratio of aromatic alcohol to dialkyl carbonate ranges preferably from 2.5:1 to 10:1.
- reaction temperature may be varied depending on the dialkyl carbonate used and diaryl carbonate produced.
- the reac- tion temperature may range from 50 to 350 0 C, preferably from 120 to 280 0 C.
- the reaction pressure is not critical either and can be selected within wide ranges. It is feasible to conduct the reaction at sub-atmospheric, atmospheric and super-atmospheric pressure.
- the reaction pres- sure is generally from 0.01 to 100 bar (1 kPa to 10 MPa), preferably from 1 to 50 bar.
- the reaction time ranges suitably from 2 minutes (120 s) to 50 hours (180*10 3 s), preferably from 5 minutes to 25 hours (0.3 to 90*10 3 s), more preferably from 10 minutes to 12.5 hours (0.6 to 45*10 3 s).
- the process of the present invention can suitably be carried out in a batch mode. This will enable the skilled artisan to determine the desired concentration of catalyst and the desired reaction time.
- the drawback of a batch-wise reaction is evidently the necessity to fill and empty the reaction vessel used. It is therefore advantageous to conduct the present process as a continuous process. In such a mode the desired quantities of aro- matic alcohol and dialkyl carbonate are continuously fed into a first reaction zone.
- the process ac ⁇ cording to the invention is conducted in two steps, the first step being an esterification process and the second step being a disproportionation process.
- the catalyst concentration c a is calculated as the amount of catalyst per time unit passed into the first reaction zone per the combined amounts of dialkyl carbonate and aromatic alcohol fed into the first reaction zone in the same time unit.
- the period of time (t a ) in which the dialkyl carbonate is reacted in the presence of a transesterification catalyst is proportional to the weight hourly space velocity.
- the catalyst is commonly passed on with the remainder of the reaction mixture, including unreacted dialkyl carbonate, alkyl aryl carbonate, and aromatic alcohol to a second reaction zone in which the disproportionation of alkyl aryl carbonate to diaryl carbonate and dialkyl carbonate takes place.
- the second reaction zone also the further transesterifi- cation of alkyl aryl carbonate with the aromatic alcohol to the diaryl carbonate may take place.
- the resulting re- action mixture thereof generally includes dialkyl carbonate, diaryl carbonate, aromatic alcohol and alkyl alcohol. This mixture is usually separated into a top fraction containing the dialkyl carbonate and alkyl alcohol.
- the bottom fraction generally comprises the aromatic alcohol and the diaryl carbonate.
- the two fractions may be subsequently subjected to further separation steps, such as distillation, to separate the alkyl alcohol from the dialkyl carbonate and the aromatic alcohol from the di ⁇ aryl carbonate, respectively. Any catalyst that is discharged from the second reaction zone is suitably separated from the bottom fraction.
- the catalyst When the process is conducted in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, the catalyst is generally immobilised in the first reaction zone. The catalyst, therefore, is not entrained with the product and passed to the second reaction zone. Instead the catalyst remains in the first reaction zone . Variations in c a can be easily ac- complished by varying the amount of catalyst . Another way of influencing P is to vary the weight hourly space velocity of the reactants.
- a second catalyst may be present in the second reaction zone.
- any of the above- mentioned transesterification catalysts may be present.
- the same homogeneous catalyst is suitably used.
- the use of the same or another heterogeneous catalyst can be contemplated.
- the use of one of the homogeneous catalysts is feasible.
- the diaryl carbonate produced in the process of the present invention is suitably used in the preparation of polycarbonates by the polymerisation with a dihydroxy aromatic compound, preferably with Bisphenol A.
- the invention is further illustrated by means of the following experiments .
- the dialkyl carbonate was dimethyl carbonate (DMC), which is not in accordance with the invention.
- the dialkyl carbonate was diethyl carbonate (DEC) and diisopropyl carbonates (DiPC) , respectively, which is in accordance with the invention.
- K eq for the transesterifi- cation reaction of DEC and phenol was experimentally determined to be 4.3*10 ⁇ 3 , about 2 times higher than the K eq for the transesterification reaction of DMC and phenol as determined under the same circumstances. This is shown in Table 3 and in Fig. 1. K eq for the reaction of DiPC and phenol is also shown in Table 3.
- Fig. 1 comprises a graph wherein P (in g.s/g), being the product of catalyst concentration and residence time, is plotted against K as experimentally determined, for the reactions of DMC and DEC with phenol. The two plots in said graph were made assuming first order approach to equilibrium.
- K eq values of 2.1*10 "3 and 4.3*10 "3 for the transesterification reactions of phenol with DMC and DEC, respectively, are shown as horizontal lines in said graph.
- the relationship between K and P, as determined in the foregoing way, is also shown in Table 3.
- Table 3 mentions the same relationship (determined in the same way) for the reaction of DiPC and phenol.
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